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The book recounts Bryson's desire to seek easier terrain as well as "a powerful urge not to be this far south any longer". This section of the hike finally ends (after nearly 800 miles (1,300 km) of hiking) with Bryson going on a book tour and Katz returning to Des Moines, Iowa, to work.
- Bill Bryson
- 274 pp (first edition)
- 1997
- 5 May 1998
Bryson and Katz never hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, which is more than 2,190 miles long (via Appalachian Trail Conservancy). In one go, the hike lasts approximately five to seven months.
Nov 22, 2023 · Despite the formidable hurdles, Bill and Stephen managed to cover a significant portion of the trail, conquering 870 miles out of the 2,200-mile stretch they had originally set out to traverse. Bryson openly acknowledged that when he embarked on the Appalachian Trail, his initial motive was to document the experience for a book.
Bryson completes a number of day hikes over the next month, and he eventually parts ways with the Trail on Mount Killington in Vermont. All in all, he’s hiked 850 miles of the 2,100-mile-long Trail.
May 5, 1998 · Bryson and Katz spend several weeks on the trail, hiking 500 miles in their first section. Then the two take a break and return home for a few weeks, and Bryson resumes with some shorter hikes in New England.
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Sep 2, 2015 · September 2, 2015. In 1996, writer Bill Bryson attempted to hike all 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) He failed. But he succeeded big time with his humorous account of the trip. His book, “A Walk in the Woods,” quickly became a best seller and inspired a lot more people to hike the Trail. The upsurge in hikers was called the Bryson Bump.
May 4, 1998 · A WALK IN THE WOODS. by Bill Bryson ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 4, 1998. “Walking is what we did,” Bryson states: 800-plus out of the 2,100-plus miles, and that good sliver is sheer comic travel... The Appalachian Trail—from Springer Mountain, Ga., to Mount Katahdin, Me.—consists of some five million steps, and Bryson ( Notes from a Small ...
